Byneset Church is a Romanesque stone church dating from the Middle Ages. It is first mentioned in written sources in 1252. In 1646 the church underwent a restoration in which the choir arch was widened and the church was given new pews. The 16th-century frescoes on the north and east walls were discovered in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Børsa Church is a wooden church dating from 1857. The architect of the building was Christian Heinrich Grosch (1801-1865). The bell-tower is to the west and the choir is to the east. The choir is polygonal in shape. The altarpiece is dated around 1730 and was painted by Sigismund Wagner.
Buvik Church is an octagonal church consecrated in 1823. The building was designed using the Klæbu church (built by Lars Larsen Forsæth) as a model. Both churches have the same elongated octagonal shape and are almost the same size. The church lacked a sacristy from the beginning and received one in an extension on the east side in 1978. It originally had a round dome which was destroyed by lightning in 1861 and replaced by an octagonal bell tower. The red brick roof was replaced by Alta slate in 1920.
The Geitastrand church was built in 1859, making it the first church built in the village. Before the Geitastrand church was built, the nearest church was on the other side of the fjord, in Viggja. In 1950-51, extensive restoration work was carried out inside the church.
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